Toy



Feb. 3,` 1931. c. R'. COMPTON TOY Filed Aug. l, 1929 Patented Feb. 3,1931 UNT@ STATES CLARENCE R. COMPTON, OF I-IAXTUN, COLORADO TOYApplication filed August l, 1929. Serial No. 382,744.

This invention relates to a toy, one of the objects being to provide adevice of this character that simulates a turtle, there being meanswhereby, when the toy is drawn over a supporting surface, the head andtail portions will be moved relative to the body portion by means of asimple mechanism provided for that purpose.

A further object is to provide a toy which is cheap to manufactureinasmuch as the several parts are easily made and assembled.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the in vention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying` drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the toy.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2 Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan View of a modified form of the device.

Figure 4 is a transverse section through another form.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates thebody portion. of the toy, the same having its outer surface ornamentedto simulate the outer surface of the shell of a turtle. This bodyportion can be stamped from sheet metal and is provided, at its sides,with depending ears 2 while within the body at the front and backthereof are inwardly extended lugs 8. A transverse axle 4c is journaledin the ears 2 and has supporting wheels 5 secured to it. At intermediatepoints the axle has a wabble wheel 6 fastened to it.

Pivot screws 7 are inserted through the lugs 3 into fillers 8 providedwithin the body above the lugs. One of these pivot screws serves toconnect the tail portion 9 to the body and the other pivot screwconnectsthe head portion 10 to said body. Formed integral with the headportion are forwardly extended portthe body with the head portion off ofthe surface on which the toy is mounted. The

tail portion 9 is bent downwardly and rearwardly so to slide over thesupporting surface. lhis will be apparent by referring?,y to Figure 1. 4L

When the toy is drawn forwardly, the wheels 5 will rotate the anle 4 toset up a rotation of the wabble wheel 6. Consequently the head portionand the tail portion will be oscillated on the pivot screws 7, the tailportion moving in a direction Opposite to the head portion. Thus the toywill have the appearance of turtle moving forwardly, it being noted thatthe legs 11 and 12 move with the respective portions to which they areconnected.

instead of operating the head and tail portions by means of a wabblewheel or disk, a spool 15 can be mounted for rotation in the bodyportion 16 as shown in Figure 8. rl`his spool has a continuous groove1'? iixed at an acute angle to the axis of rotation. 1nstead ofproviding the head portion 18 and tail portion 19 with forked tongues,pins 20 can be extended inwardly from these portions and project intogroove 17. Spool 15 is adapted to rest on said supporting' surface sothat as the toy is drawn forwardly the spool will be rotated.

As a result of the rotation of spool 15 the pins 2() will be oscillatedlaterally and set up a corresponding movement of the parts 18 and 19.

ln Figure el there has been shown a modication of the structureillustrated in Figure 1. Instead of forming the body entirely of metal,it can be shaped out of a block of wood 21 or any other suita lematerial to the bottom of which is attached a metal strip 22 havingdepending ears 23. These ears provide bearings for the aXle 24 to whichthe supporting wheels 25 and the wahhle wheel or disk 26 are attached.In all other respects this modilied structure can be the same as thatillustrated in Figures l and 2.

Thilo is preferred to make the toy of a shape to simulate a turtie, isto be understood that it can he made in other shapes while retaining thesaine Jfeatures of opera tion.

IVhat is claimed is:

l. A toy including a block shaped to simulate the body oiE an animal, astrip secured to the bottoni of the block having' terminal earsdepending from the strip at the sides of the bleek, an axle jonrnaled inthe ears, supp rting wheels secured to he axle, a wahble disk secured tothe axle, head and tail porgf, tions connected pivot-ally to oppositeend portions of the hloek respectively and adapted to swing aboutseparifrte eenter, each of said portions having oppositely extendinglegs, and `forked inemhers extending toward each other from the head andtail portions and embracing opposed portions respectively of the wabbledisk. 1

2. A toy including' a body, head and tail portions Connected to oppositeends thereof 3o and adapted to swing` about separate centers,

each of said portions having oppositely eX- tending legs, a wheelsupported axle mounted for rotation between the head and tail portions,a wabble disk rotatable with said axle, and forked members extending'toward each other from the head and tail portions and straddling opposedportions of the wal ble disk to simultaneously actuate the head and tailportions when the axle is rotated m whereby the corresponding legs ofsaid portions will be moved in the saine direction.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing' as my own, I have heretoa'HiXed my signature.

CLARENCE R. COMPTON.

